100 English-Spanish Phrases For the U.S.

    Spanish is the official language in 20 countries and Puerto Rico, totaling 21 distinct entities. It is the second most spoken native language globally, with over 485 million native speakers. However, it changes as we cross the Atlantic.
By that I mean, in Latin America, Spanish is different than, "Spain Spanish."
    In Spain, there is an entirely different conjugation package called, "voseo," for one thing, which is known among Latin Americans... but which isn't used much. Its similar to the archaic English, "Thee and Thou." They are taught and understand it, but they don't speak it in common usage. In Spain, too, there are a dozen or more pronunciation differences...changes that are sometimes dramatically different.

    Added to that, all Spamish speaking countries in the Americas have their own unique vocabularies, pronunciations, and expressions....and they can be difficult to fathom, even for native Spanish speakers. 

     For example, we met an elderly Cuban man, Carlos, not long ago. His dialect was, "old Cuban"; it was Spanish, but it was very, "hard to hear" for me. Even Ramona, my Dominican wife, found it "odd".... and Dominican Spanish is labeled as one of the more difficult forms, itself!

    So it's waaay out of the scope of one blog post to cover all that. Rather, we should focus on that in which most readers will be interested: Spanish and English equivalents in the United States. For every American expression, there is a Spanish equivalent in common use.
    So without further ado, we have this very useful video to kick things off:

https://youtu.be/mbKrIEc_KpA?si=uNTsD5Qz9Bd_Znrq